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NL: You are originally from the UK. When and why did you move to Canada? Guy: I was living a busy and fulfilled life in England when I was invited […]

In the 1450s, in Europe, we used to dump our garbage on the streets, and let the maggots and the crows take care of it. Then in the 1750s, when […]

Bamberton, BC, will be a new community housing 12,000 people, constructed over twenty years, following traditional pre-motor vehicle lines, with estates the size of villages. Planners will take into consideration responsibility for the environment, ecological sustainability, use of up-to-date technology for communications, the fostering of a community spirit, and the setting up of a local community economy.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to previous articles including articles in the August 27, 2016 issue by Zoltan Istvan on decoupling science and technology policy from short-term planning of political establishments and evidence-based government policy, and an article in the September 3 issue on when the Anthropocene epoch started.

The steps to be taken by British Columbian companies to reduce the carbon emissions from their facilities are discussed.

In 'What Is Sustainability, Anyway?' (September/October 2003), Thomas Prugh and Erik Assadourian invite us to learn from the awful lessons of Easter Island, where the inhabitants overharvested the trees, deforested [...]

When Asians crossed the Bering Strait land bridge into North America 13,000 years ago, they discovered an abundance of mammoths that had never known a human spear. When Europeans arrived [...]

Presents a 12-step program on how to use lesser amount of oil for transportation. Home delivery of groceries through the Internet; Accomplishment of errands through walking; Use of bicycles.

The article discusses the impact of building architecture to climatic changes worldwide. Studies show that buildings contribute 2.49 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide annually, responsible for 30 to 40 percent of emissions. To counteract such implication, it is suggested to create new buildings that are carbon neutral and retrofitting all existing buildings to eliminate their carbon footprint. There are several countries worldwide that follow the first step wherein the Passihaus homes in Germany use super insulation, solar gain and efficient heat recovery. In China, the 69-story high Pearl River Tower will generate more energy than it consumes by using wind turbines inside two floors of the building, solar photovoltaics (PV) and solar heated water.

The article discusses the effects of global warming to the Earth's environment. Studies show that large store of fossilized energy is the contributing factor of global climatic changes and one way of averting it is to switch to simple energy, starting with sun, wind, earth and ocean. It revealed that if mankind failed to reduce carbon dioxide emission by 80% in 2005, there is a possibility that the earth will suffer a 15% loss rate, total civilization and ecological meltdown. It is suggested that the people should transform their carbon crises into positive evolutionary leaps by appreciating the intellectual capital that fossil fuels had given them and developing solar and geothermal power.